The 25th of July is celebrated as the International Afro Latin American, Afro Caribbean, and Diaspora Women’s Day.
. In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, ECLAC estimates 4,473 women were victims of femicide. According to this organization and the Observatory of Gender Equality in Latin America, this constitutes 12 violent deaths of women every day in the region.
Racism only exacerbates the situation. A notable case was that of the Afro Brazilian leader Marielle Franco, who rose from the favelas—one of the most impoverished sectors of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A sociologist, she was elected to serve as councilwoman after garnering heavy support in the 2016 elections. Franco was a defender of women, a caring mother, and a fighter for LGBTQI+ groups. She was assassinated on March 14, 2018.
Today, violations of women’s rights are akin to the pandemic of racism: it is permanent, and our fight against its ills must be constant. New legal instruments will continue to emerge, and the metamorphosis of violence will continue to reproduce itself.
It is a struggle that calls for a permanent reconsideration of our values and our gestures, even for something as seemingly small as making a sexist joke.. When we disrespect women and women’s rights, we perpetuate the vulgar historical annulment of the role women have played in the processes of liberation throughout the Americas and in the anti-colonial movements of Africa and the Caribbean.
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